Unit 3 Crossword Puzzle

1. Communication device invented by Samuel Morse allowing instant long distance messages.
4. 1820 agreement that balanced slave and free states.
8. Belief that Americans were destined to expand westward across the continent.
10. 1861-1865 conflict between the Union and Confederacy over slavery and states rights.
11. Post–Civil War farming system that often trapped formerly enslaved people in debt.
13. Movement aimed at ending slavery in the United States.
14. President known for the spoils system and the Indian Removal Act.
15. 1846 conflict that gained the U.S. territories including including California and the Southwest.
17. Third U.S president who authorized the Louisiana Purchase in 1803.
19. 1803 land deal that doubted the size of the United States.
21. Conflict with Britain that boosted U.S. nationalism after victory at New Orleans.
22. Former enslaved man who became a leading abolitionist and author.
24. Period after the Civil War focused on rebuilding the South and integrating freed African Americans.
26. 1854 law allowing popular sovereignty led to "Bleeding Kansas."
27. President who issued the Emancipation Proclamation and led the Union during the Civil War.
28. Journey to map and explore the newly purchased western territory.
29. Union general who defeated the Confederacy and later became president.

2. Escaped enslaved woman who led dozens to freedom through the Underground Railroad.
3. Chief Justice who strengthened the federal government with landmark Supreme Court decisions.
5. President known for a doctrine warning European powers not to interfere in the Americas.
6. Eli Whitney's invention that increased cotton production and expanded slavery.
7. Growing loyalty to one’s region as North, South, or West over the nation as a whole.
9. Forced relocation of Cherokee people to the west under U.S. government orders.
10. Agreement admitting California as a free state and strengthening the Fugitive Slave Act.
12. Transportation network that expanded national markets and connected regions.
16. Movement that sought voting rights for women, including leaders like Stanton and Anthony.
18. Technology that powered early railroads and factories during industrial growth.
20. "Father of the Constitution" and president during the War of 1812.
23. Man-made waterway that connected the Great Lakes to the Atlantic Ocean .
25. Senator called the "Great Compromiser" for helping negotiate major sectional compromises.